noun · femininethird declension
nux
nux f (genitive nucis)
Classical[ˈnʊks]Ecclesiastical[ˈnuks]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininenut
- femininenut tree
Inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces.
Among the first to sprout are the elm, the willow, and the nut tree. - femininea fruit with a hard shell or rind
nux amara
a bitter almondcastaneae nuces
chestnuts - femininefigurativelya thing of no value
Nōn ego tuam empsim vītam vitiosā nuce.
I should not have bought your life with a vicious worthless thing.c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 2.3.45 - femininepoeticalmond tree
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
frūctus dūrus; quod intrā est editur, sed nux frangī dēbet.nux nucis f — in Mille Verba, Arborēs et Plantae
frūctus dūrō corticenux, nucis (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 22
nut
nux, nucis — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 7
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nux nucunculus | nucēs nucunculī |
| genitive | nucis nucunculī | nucum nucunculōrum |
| dative | nucī nucunculō | nucibus nucunculīs |
| accusative | nucem nucunculum | nucēs nucunculōs |
| ablative | nuce nucunculō | nucibus nucunculīs |
| vocative | nux nucuncule | nucēs nucunculī |
nux, nŭcis (
I. gen. plur. nucerum for nucum, Cael. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f. etym. dub., a nut. At weddings it was customary to strew nuts on the floor:
sparge, marite, nuces, Verg. E. 8, 30; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. ad E. 8, 30; Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86; Mart. 5, 135. Nutshells were used in coloring the hair: viridi cortice tincta nucis, Tib. 1, 8, 44. Nuts were strewn at the festival of Ceres, Sinn. Capito ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll. Children played with nuts, Suet. Aug. 83; Cat. 61, 131; hence, prov.: nuces relinquere, to give up childish sports, to betake one's self to the serious business of life, to throw away our rattles, Pers. 1, 10: nux cassa, a nutshell: tene amatorem esse inventum inanem quasi cassam nucem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137.—Fig. of a thing of no value, Hor. S. 2, 5, 36 ( = res vel vilissima); cf.: non ego tuam empsim vitam vitiosā nuce, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 45.—II. Transf.
A. A fruit with a hard shell or rind:
nux amara, a bitter almond, Cels. 3, 10; so Col. 7, 13; Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 26: castaneae nuces, chestnuts, Verg. E. 2, 52: nux pinea, Macr. S. 2, 6, 1; the fruit of the tithymalus, Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 66.—B. A nut-tree:
inter primas germinant ulmus, salix, nuces, Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 97; Liv. 24, 10; Juv. 11, 119.—Poet., an almond-tree, Verg. G. 1, 187.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nux nucis, f
a nut: Sparge, marite, nuces (a custom at weddings), V.: te cassā nuce pauperet, i. e. the merest trifle, H.: nux ornabat mensas, the dessert, H.: castaneae nuces, chestnuts, V.—A nut- tree: tacta de caelo, L., Iu.—Sing collect.: Hic nux, O.—An almond-tree, V.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *knuks, from a root *knu- also found in Proto-Celtic *knūs (source of Irish cnó) and Proto-Germanic *hnuts (source of English nut). Based on the form of the nouns and the restriction of the root to Germanic, Celtic and Italic, it has been argued to be of non-Indo-European origin. De Vaan suggests that it is related to nūgae (“trifles”).
Vulgar Latin
- Catalannoufrom unknown *nocem
- Catalananoufrom unknown *nocem
- Occitannòsefrom unknown *nocem
- Portuguesenozfrom unknown *nocem
- Portugueseanozfrom unknown *nocem
- Portuguesenoçfrom unknown *nocem
- Portuguesenocefrom unknown *nocem
- Portuguesenozefrom unknown *nocem
- Portuguesenófrom unknown *nocem
- Portuguesenuacefrom unknown *nocem
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchnoix
- Occitannotz
- Occitannose
- Occitannoga
- Franco-Provençalnoués
Insular Romance
- Sardiniannuche
- Sardiniannughe
- Sardiniannuge
- Sardiniannugi
Balkan Romance
- Romaniannuc
- Romaniannucă
- Aromaniannuc
- Aromaniannucã
- Istro-Romaniannuc
- Megleno-Romaniannucă
Italo-Romance
- Italiannoce
- Corsicannoce
- Neapolitannoce
- Siciliannuci
Dalmatian
- unknownnauc
Padanian
- Emiliannûṡ
- Liguriannôxe
- Romagnolnôș
- Romagnolnôșa
- Romanshnusch
- Venetannoxa
Borrowings
- Esperantonukso
- Idonuco